Hi all,  i have been struggling with this on freeradius. My radclient has not been working and i have tried all sorts. My freeradius version is ... freeradius: FreeRADIUS Version 2.1.12 Note the issue: root@olufemi-Lenovo-G50-70:/etc/freeradius# radclient 127.0.0.1 auto testing123 -f 4088_06_acct_start.txt radclient: Request was "auto", but request 2 in file 4088_06_acct_start.txt did not contain Packet-Type My debug is:  localstatedir = "/var" sbindir = "/usr/sbin" logdir = "/var/log/freeradius" run_dir = "/var/run/freeradius" libdir = "/usr/lib/freeradius" radacctdir = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct" hostname_lookups = no max_request_time = 30 cleanup_delay = 5 max_requests = 1024 pidfile = "/var/run/freeradius/freeradius.pid" checkrad = "/usr/sbin/checkrad" debug_level = 0 proxy_requests = yes  log { stripped_names = no auth = no auth_badpass = no auth_goodpass = no  }  security { max_attributes = 200 reject_delay = 1 status_server = yes  } } radiusd: #### Loading Realms and Home Servers ####  proxy server { retry_delay = 5 retry_count = 3 default_fallback = no dead_time = 120 wake_all_if_all_dead = no  }  home_server localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 port = 1812 type = "auth" secret = "testing123" response_window = 20 max_outstanding = 65536 require_message_authenticator = yes zombie_period = 40 status_check = "status-server" ping_interval = 30 check_interval = 30 num_answers_to_alive = 3 num_pings_to_alive = 3 revive_interval = 120 status_check_timeout = 4   coa { irt = 2 mrt = 16 mrc = 5 mrd = 30   }  }  home_server_pool my_auth_failover { type = fail-over home_server = localhost  }  realm example.com { auth_pool = my_auth_failover  }  realm LOCAL {  } radiusd: #### Loading Clients ####  client localhost { ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 require_message_authenticator = no secret = "testing123" nastype = "other"  }  client jradius { ipaddr = 192.168.1.101 require_message_authenticator = no secret = "testing123" nastype = "other"  } radiusd: #### Instantiating modules ####  instantiate {  Module: Linked to module rlm_exec  Module: Instantiating module "exec" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/exec   exec { wait = no input_pairs = "request" shell_escape = yes   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_expr  Module: Instantiating module "expr" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/expr  Module: Linked to module rlm_expiration  Module: Instantiating module "expiration" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/expiration   expiration { reply-message = "Password Has Expired  "   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_logintime  Module: Instantiating module "logintime" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/logintime   logintime { reply-message = "You are calling outside your allowed timespan  " minimum-timeout = 60   }  } radiusd: #### Loading Virtual Servers #### server { # from file /etc/freeradius/radiusd.conf  modules {   Module: Creating Auth-Type = digest   Module: Creating Post-Auth-Type = REJECT  Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load  Module: Linked to module rlm_pap  Module: Instantiating module "pap" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/pap   pap { encryption_scheme = "auto" auto_header = no   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_chap  Module: Instantiating module "chap" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/chap  Module: Linked to module rlm_mschap  Module: Instantiating module "mschap" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/mschap   mschap { use_mppe = yes require_encryption = no require_strong = no with_ntdomain_hack = no allow_retry = yes   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_digest  Module: Instantiating module "digest" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/digest  Module: Linked to module rlm_unix  Module: Instantiating module "unix" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/unix   unix { radwtmp = "/var/log/freeradius/radwtmp"   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_eap  Module: Instantiating module "eap" from file /etc/freeradius/eap.conf   eap { default_eap_type = "md5" timer_expire = 60 ignore_unknown_eap_types = no cisco_accounting_username_bug = no max_sessions = 4096   }  Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_md5  Module: Instantiating eap-md5  Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_leap  Module: Instantiating eap-leap  Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_gtc  Module: Instantiating eap-gtc    gtc { challenge = "Password: " auth_type = "PAP"    }  Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_tls  Module: Instantiating eap-tls    tls { rsa_key_exchange = no dh_key_exchange = yes rsa_key_length = 512 dh_key_length = 512 verify_depth = 0 CA_path = "/etc/freeradius/certs" pem_file_type = yes private_key_file = "/etc/freeradius/certs/server.key" certificate_file = "/etc/freeradius/certs/server.pem" CA_file = "/etc/freeradius/certs/ca.pem" private_key_password = "whatever" dh_file = "/etc/freeradius/certs/dh" random_file = "/dev/urandom" fragment_size = 1024 include_length = yes check_crl = no cipher_list = "DEFAULT" make_cert_command = "/etc/freeradius/certs/bootstrap" ecdh_curve = "prime256v1"     cache { enable = no lifetime = 24 max_entries = 255     }     verify {     }     ocsp { enable = no override_cert_url = yes url = "http://127.0.0.1/ocsp/"     }    }  Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_ttls  Module: Instantiating eap-ttls    ttls { default_eap_type = "md5" copy_request_to_tunnel = no use_tunneled_reply = no virtual_server = "inner-tunnel" include_length = yes    }  Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_peap  Module: Instantiating eap-peap    peap { default_eap_type = "mschapv2" copy_request_to_tunnel = no use_tunneled_reply = no proxy_tunneled_request_as_eap = yes virtual_server = "inner-tunnel" soh = no    }  Module: Linked to sub-module rlm_eap_mschapv2  Module: Instantiating eap-mschapv2    mschapv2 { with_ntdomain_hack = no send_error = no    }  Module: Checking authorize {...} for more modules to load  Module: Linked to module rlm_preprocess  Module: Instantiating module "preprocess" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/preprocess   preprocess { huntgroups = "/etc/freeradius/huntgroups" hints = "/etc/freeradius/hints" with_ascend_hack = no ascend_channels_per_line = 23 with_ntdomain_hack = no with_specialix_jetstream_hack = no with_cisco_vsa_hack = no with_alvarion_vsa_hack = no   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_realm  Module: Instantiating module "suffix" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/realm   realm suffix { format = "suffix" delimiter = "@" ignore_default = no ignore_null = no   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_files  Module: Instantiating module "files" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/files   files { usersfile = "/etc/freeradius/users" acctusersfile = "/etc/freeradius/acct_users" preproxy_usersfile = "/etc/freeradius/preproxy_users" compat = "no"   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_sql  Module: Instantiating module "sql" from file /etc/freeradius/sql.conf   sql { driver = "rlm_sql_mysql" server = "localhost" port = "" login = "radius" password = "radpass" radius_db = "radius" read_groups = no sqltrace = no sqltracefile = "/var/log/freeradius/sqltrace.sql" readclients = no deletestalesessions = yes num_sql_socks = 5 lifetime = 0 max_queries = 0 sql_user_name = "%{User-Name}" default_user_profile = "" nas_query = "SELECT id, nasname, shortname, type, secret, server FROM nas" authorize_check_query = "SELECT id, username, attribute, value, op           FROM radcheck           WHERE username = '%{SQL-User-Name}'           ORDER BY id" authorize_reply_query = "SELECT id, username, attribute, value, op           FROM radreply           WHERE username = '%{SQL-User-Name}'           ORDER BY id" authorize_group_check_query = "SELECT id, groupname, attribute,           Value, op           FROM radgroupcheck           WHERE groupname = '%{Sql-Group}'           ORDER BY id" authorize_group_reply_query = "SELECT id, groupname, attribute,           value, op           FROM radgroupreply           WHERE groupname = '%{Sql-Group}'           ORDER BY id" accounting_onoff_query = "          UPDATE radacct           SET              acctstoptime       =  '%S',              acctsessiontime    =  unix_timestamp('%S') -                                    unix_timestamp(acctstarttime),              acctterminatecause =  '%{Acct-Terminate-Cause}',              acctstopdelay      =  %{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}           WHERE acctstoptime IS NULL           AND nasipaddress      =  '%{NAS-IP-Address}'           AND acctstarttime     <= '%S'" accounting_update_query = "           UPDATE radacct           SET              framedipaddress = '%{Framed-IP-Address}',              acctsessiontime     = '%{Acct-Session-Time}',              acctinputoctets     = '%{%{Acct-Input-Gigawords}:-0}'  << 32 |                                    '%{%{Acct-Input-Octets}:-0}',              acctoutputoctets    = '%{%{Acct-Output-Gigawords}:-0}' << 32 |                                    '%{%{Acct-Output-Octets}:-0}'           WHERE acctsessionid = '%{Acct-Session-Id}'           AND username        = '%{SQL-User-Name}'           AND nasipaddress    = '%{NAS-IP-Address}'" accounting_update_query_alt = "           INSERT INTO radacct             (acctsessionid,    acctuniqueid,      username,              realm,            nasipaddress,      nasportid,              nasporttype,      acctstarttime,     acctsessiontime,              acctauthentic,    connectinfo_start, acctinputoctets,              acctoutputoctets, calledstationid,   callingstationid,              servicetype,      framedprotocol,    framedipaddress,              acctstartdelay,   xascendsessionsvrkey)           VALUES             ('%{Acct-Session-Id}', '%{Acct-Unique-Session-Id}',              '%{SQL-User-Name}',              '%{Realm}', '%{NAS-IP-Address}', '%{NAS-Port}',              '%{NAS-Port-Type}',              DATE_SUB('%S',                       INTERVAL (%{%{Acct-Session-Time}:-0} +                                 %{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}) SECOND),                       '%{Acct-Session-Time}',              '%{Acct-Authentic}', '',              '%{%{Acct-Input-Gigawords}:-0}' << 32 |              '%{%{Acct-Input-Octets}:-0}',              '%{%{Acct-Output-Gigawords}:-0}' << 32 |              '%{%{Acct-Output-Octets}:-0}',              '%{Called-Station-Id}', '%{Calling-Station-Id}',              '%{Service-Type}', '%{Framed-Protocol}',              '%{Framed-IP-Address}',              '0', '%{X-Ascend-Session-Svr-Key}')" accounting_start_query = "           INSERT INTO radacct             (acctsessionid,    acctuniqueid,     username,              realm,            nasipaddress,     nasportid,              nasporttype,      acctstarttime,    acctstoptime,              acctsessiontime,  acctauthentic,    connectinfo_start,              connectinfo_stop, acctinputoctets,  acctoutputoctets,              calledstationid,  callingstationid, acctterminatecause,              servicetype,      framedprotocol,   framedipaddress,              acctstartdelay,   acctstopdelay,    xascendsessionsvrkey)           VALUES             ('%{Acct-Session-Id}', '%{Acct-Unique-Session-Id}',              '%{SQL-User-Name}',              '%{Realm}', '%{NAS-IP-Address}', '%{NAS-Port}',              '%{NAS-Port-Type}', '%S', NULL,              '0', '%{Acct-Authentic}', '%{Connect-Info}',              '', '0', '0',              '%{Called-Station-Id}', '%{Calling-Station-Id}', '',              '%{Service-Type}', '%{Framed-Protocol}', '%{Framed-IP-Address}',              '%{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}', '0', '%{X-Ascend-Session-Svr-Key}')" accounting_start_query_alt = "           UPDATE radacct SET              acctstarttime     = '%S',              acctstartdelay    = '%{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}',              connectinfo_start = '%{Connect-Info}'           WHERE acctsessionid  = '%{Acct-Session-Id}'           AND username         = '%{SQL-User-Name}'           AND nasipaddress     = '%{NAS-IP-Address}'" accounting_stop_query = "           UPDATE radacct SET              acctstoptime       = '%S',              acctsessiontime    = '%{Acct-Session-Time}',              acctinputoctets    = '%{%{Acct-Input-Gigawords}:-0}' << 32 |                                   '%{%{Acct-Input-Octets}:-0}',              acctoutputoctets   = '%{%{Acct-Output-Gigawords}:-0}' << 32 |                                   '%{%{Acct-Output-Octets}:-0}',              acctterminatecause = '%{Acct-Terminate-Cause}',              acctstopdelay      = '%{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}',              connectinfo_stop   = '%{Connect-Info}'           WHERE acctsessionid   = '%{Acct-Session-Id}'           AND username          = '%{SQL-User-Name}'           AND nasipaddress      = '%{NAS-IP-Address}'" accounting_stop_query_alt = "           INSERT INTO radacct             (acctsessionid, acctuniqueid, username,              realm, nasipaddress, nasportid,              nasporttype, acctstarttime, acctstoptime,              acctsessiontime, acctauthentic, connectinfo_start,              connectinfo_stop, acctinputoctets, acctoutputoctets,              calledstationid, callingstationid, acctterminatecause,              servicetype, framedprotocol, framedipaddress,              acctstartdelay, acctstopdelay)           VALUES             ('%{Acct-Session-Id}', '%{Acct-Unique-Session-Id}',              '%{SQL-User-Name}',              '%{Realm}', '%{NAS-IP-Address}', '%{NAS-Port}',              '%{NAS-Port-Type}',              DATE_SUB('%S',                  INTERVAL (%{%{Acct-Session-Time}:-0} +                  %{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}) SECOND),              '%S', '%{Acct-Session-Time}', '%{Acct-Authentic}', '',              '%{Connect-Info}',              '%{%{Acct-Input-Gigawords}:-0}' << 32 |              '%{%{Acct-Input-Octets}:-0}',              '%{%{Acct-Output-Gigawords}:-0}' << 32 |              '%{%{Acct-Output-Octets}:-0}',              '%{Called-Station-Id}', '%{Calling-Station-Id}',              '%{Acct-Terminate-Cause}',              '%{Service-Type}', '%{Framed-Protocol}', '%{Framed-IP-Address}',              '0', '%{%{Acct-Delay-Time}:-0}')" group_membership_query = "SELECT groupname           FROM radusergroup           WHERE username = '%{SQL-User-Name}'           ORDER BY priority" connect_failure_retry_delay = 60 simul_count_query = "SELECT COUNT(*)                              FROM radacct                              WHERE username = '%{SQL-User-Name}'                              AND acctstoptime IS NULL" simul_verify_query = "SELECT radacctid, acctsessionid, username,                                nasipaddress, nasportid, framedipaddress,                                callingstationid, framedprotocol                                FROM radacct                                WHERE username = '%{SQL-User-Name}'                                AND acctstoptime IS NULL" postauth_query = "INSERT INTO radpostauth                           (username, pass, reply, authdate)                           VALUES (                           '%{User-Name}',                           '%{%{User-Password}:-%{Chap-Password}}',                           '%{reply:Packet-Type}', '%S')" safe-characters = "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.-_: /"   } rlm_sql (sql): Driver rlm_sql_mysql (module rlm_sql_mysql) loaded and linked rlm_sql (sql): Attempting to connect to radius@localhost:/radius rlm_sql (sql): starting 0 rlm_sql (sql): Attempting to connect rlm_sql_mysql #0 rlm_sql_mysql: Starting connect to MySQL server for #0 rlm_sql (sql): Connected new DB handle, #0 rlm_sql (sql): starting 1 rlm_sql (sql): Attempting to connect rlm_sql_mysql #1 rlm_sql_mysql: Starting connect to MySQL server for #1 rlm_sql (sql): Connected new DB handle, #1 rlm_sql (sql): starting 2 rlm_sql (sql): Attempting to connect rlm_sql_mysql #2 rlm_sql_mysql: Starting connect to MySQL server for #2 rlm_sql (sql): Connected new DB handle, #2 rlm_sql (sql): starting 3 rlm_sql (sql): Attempting to connect rlm_sql_mysql #3 rlm_sql_mysql: Starting connect to MySQL server for #3 rlm_sql (sql): Connected new DB handle, #3 rlm_sql (sql): starting 4 rlm_sql (sql): Attempting to connect rlm_sql_mysql #4 rlm_sql_mysql: Starting connect to MySQL server for #4 rlm_sql (sql): Connected new DB handle, #4  Module: Linked to module rlm_sqlcounter  Module: Instantiating module "dailycounter" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/counter   sqlcounter dailycounter { counter-name = "Daily-Session-Time" check-name = "Max-Daily-Session" reply-name = "Session-Timeout" key = "User-Name" sqlmod-inst = "sql" query = "SELECT IFNULL(SUM(acctsessiontime -                  GREATEST((%b - UNIX_TIMESTAMP(acctstarttime)), 0)),0)                  FROM radacct WHERE username = '%{%k}' AND                  UNIX_TIMESTAMP(acctstarttime) + acctsessiontime > '%b'" reset = "daily" safe-characters = "@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789.-_: /"   } rlm_sqlcounter: Reply attribute Session-Timeout is number 27 rlm_sqlcounter: Counter attribute Daily-Session-Time is number 3000 rlm_sqlcounter: Check attribute Max-Daily-Session is number 3001 rlm_sqlcounter: Current Time:1435323155 [2015-06-26 14:52:35], Next reset 1435356000 [2015-06-27 00:00:00] rlm_sqlcounter: Current Time:1435323155 [2015-06-26 14:52:35], Prev reset 1435269600 [2015-06-26 00:00:00]  Module: Checking preacct {...} for more modules to load  Module: Linked to module rlm_acct_unique  Module: Instantiating module "acct_unique" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/acct_unique   acct_unique { key = "User-Name, Acct-Session-Id, NAS-IP-Address, Client-IP-Address, NAS-Port"   }  Module: Checking accounting {...} for more modules to load  Module: Linked to module rlm_detail  Module: Instantiating module "detail" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/detail   detail { detailfile = "/var/log/freeradius/radacct/%{%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}:-%{Packet-Src-IPv6-Address}}/detail-%Y%m%d" header = "%t" detailperm = 384 dirperm = 493 locking = no log_packet_header = no   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_radutmp  Module: Instantiating module "radutmp" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/radutmp   radutmp { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/radutmp" username = "%{User-Name}" case_sensitive = yes check_with_nas = yes perm = 384 callerid = yes   }  Module: Instantiating module "sradutmp" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/sradutmp   radutmp sradutmp { filename = "/var/log/freeradius/sradutmp" username = "%{User-Name}" case_sensitive = yes check_with_nas = yes perm = 420 callerid = no   }  Module: Linked to module rlm_attr_filter  Module: Instantiating module "attr_filter.accounting_response" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/attr_filter   attr_filter attr_filter.accounting_response { attrsfile = "/etc/freeradius/attrs.accounting_response" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no   }  Module: Checking session {...} for more modules to load  Module: Checking post-proxy {...} for more modules to load  Module: Checking post-auth {...} for more modules to load  Module: Instantiating module "attr_filter.access_reject" from file /etc/freeradius/modules/attr_filter   attr_filter attr_filter.access_reject { attrsfile = "/etc/freeradius/attrs.access_reject" key = "%{User-Name}" relaxed = no   }  } # modules } # server server inner-tunnel { # from file /etc/freeradius/sites-enabled/inner-tunnel  modules {  Module: Checking authenticate {...} for more modules to load  Module: Checking authorize {...} for more modules to load  Module: Checking session {...} for more modules to load  Module: Checking post-proxy {...} for more modules to load  Module: Checking post-auth {...} for more modules to load  } # modules } # server radiusd: #### Opening IP addresses and Ports #### listen { type = "auth" ipaddr = * port = 0 } listen { type = "acct" ipaddr = * port = 0 } listen { type = "auth" ipaddr = 127.0.0.1 port = 18120 }  ... adding new socket proxy address * port 56942 Listening on authentication address * port 1812 Listening on accounting address * port 1813 Listening on authentication address127.0.0.1 port 18120 as server inner-tunnel Listening on proxy address * port 1814 Ready to process requests. Note also: i used all the files as stated in Dirk Van Der Walt : Beginner's Guide.  Its been really frustrating just to get the radclient working while radtest works as below....................... root@olufemi-Lenovo-G50-70:/etc/freeradius# radtest alice passme127.0.0.1 100 testing123 Sending Access-Request of id 241 to 127.0.0.1 port 1812 User-Name = "alice" User-Password = "passme" NAS-IP-Address = 127.0.1.1 NAS-Port = 100 Message-Authenticator = 0x00000000000000000000000000000000 rad_recv: Access-Accept packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 1812, id=241, length=79 Framed-IP-Address = 192.168.1.65 Reply-Message = "Hello, alice" WISPr-Session-Terminate-Time = "2012-01-10T22:00:00+02:00" Session-Timeout = 1800 4088_06_acct_start.txt ............ Packet-Type=4 Packet-Dst-Port=1813 Acct-Session-Id = "4D2BB8AC-00000098" Acct-Status-Type = Start Acct-Authentic = RADIUS User-Name = "alice" NAS-Port = 0 Called-Station-Id = "00-02-6F-AA-AA-AA:My Wireless" Calling-Station-Id = "00-1C-B3-AA-AA-AA" NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 Connect-Info = "CONNECT 48Mbps 802.11b" -UU-:----F1  4088_06_acct_start.txt   All L10    (Text) ------------------------ I will be so glad if you can help. Regards Olufemi Banji-Ajayi South Africa Regards Olufemi Banji-Ajayi Sent from my Samsung device